Brussels is only 20 minutes away by car. Only 29 minutes are needed to reach Antwerp with your car. In 47 minutes you can reach Ghent. Charleroi is 51 minutes away by car.
For your food shopping, you have multiple options: "Lidl Machelen" (3 minutes by car), "Carrefour Express Vilvoorde Leuvensestraat" (5 minutes by car), "Colruyt Eppegem" (3 minutes by car).
There are multiple bus lines close by: De Lijn - 287 - Houtem - Vilvoorde Kliniek, De Lijn - 683 - Mechelen - Zemst - Vilvoorde - Zaventem with a stop reachable in fewer than 7 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 282 - Mechelen - Zaventem with a stop 10 minutes away by foot.
There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Stedelijke Basisschool - De Groene Planeet", 3 minutes away by bike. If you are looking for a nursery, "De Bosvriendjes" it is 1 minute away by car. Go! Technisch Atheneum Horteco Vilvoorde is the most convieniently located high school: just 19 minutes away as a pedestrian.
You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Franklin Roosevelt" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 34 minutes away by foot. The nearest train station is "Eppegem": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 25 minutes by public transport. Brussels Airport is 10 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 45 minutes. Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station ("Nissan Leo Peeters") is only 4 minutes’ drive away. You only need 5 minutes to reach the A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) and R0 (Brussels ring) motorways.
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